CITYLOG aimed to increase sustainability and efficiency of urban delivery of goods thanks to integrated mission management and innovative vehicle solutions. CITYLOG project developed new urban transport technologies to improve delivery services, reduce traffic and lower cities pollution. 'Sustainability and efficiency of city logistics' CITYLOG project has improved sustainability and efficiency of urban delivery of goods. Logistics-oriented telematics services were investigated to strongly improve mission-planning processes through optimised routing and driver-support systems. CITYLOG also developed vehicle technologies to increase the operational flexibility of lorries and vans. In the second part of the project, CITYLOG solutions were deployed in three test sites and the results were analysed regarding environmental impacts as well as from a business perspective. CITYLOG solutions and technologies have had positive impacts thanks to their higher energy efficiency and better quality of services. Therefore, citizens have been benefited from less traffic on the roads, more efficient delivery services and a cleaner urban environment.
FIDEUS aimed to provide a complementary set of vehicle solutions to support an innovative approach to the organisation of urban freight transport. Meantime, FIDEUS has taken in account political strategies to safeguard the 'liveability' of cities, while being compatible with efficient logistics. FIDEUS has contributed in a practical way to the economic livelihood of business and retail activities located in the city with policies in favour of sustainable mobility. The aim was to make available appropriate vehicles to ensure the efficiency of urban delivery operations to obtain necessary information and tools to be able to define and manage freight mobility policies. The project 'Freight innovative delivery in European urban space' (FIDEUS) proposed new technologies and management solutions to better organise the freight urban transport focused on three different axes. The integrated approach was expected to reduce the environmental impact and to decrease noise level promoting ergonomics and safety. The new 'cooperative transport' approach was characterised by the flow of goods from larger vehicles to micro carriers. It addressed customers from large-chain supermarkets to parcel deliveries, offering novel solutions that can be of great benefit to cities while reducing pollution and streamlining delivery.
INSTANT MOBILITY managed real time planning and coordination for small and mid‐sized delivery trucks in cities. The Instant Mobility project has created a concept for a virtual "Transport and Mobility Internet", such as platform for information and services able to support new types of connected applications for scenarios focused on stakeholder groups. The project defined requirements for Future Internet technology tools and enablers, so that all these services could have been available to any Internet-connected user, whether using a portable, vehicle-based or fixed terminal. These requirements considered a set of technical specifications for both domain specific and FI enablers that were created as software’s conceptual prototypes for a virtual demonstration. The project developed a plan for the Phase 2 to implement limited-scale trials in several real cities, using a Transport and Mobility Internet platform. Instant Mobility also analysed the non-technical framework conditions that may support or hinder eventual deployment of FI-enabled online services in the T&M domain. The project research results have supported standardisation, for FI standards in the T&M domain.
MOSCA developed a tool for integrated planning and control of production and transportation processes supporting sustainable development. MOSCA aimed at decreasing several problems affecting freight distribution in European metropolitan areas. The project provided increasing convergence of information and communications technologies integrated in a single platform. The main project outcome was a validated prototype for demand services integrating supply-oriented traffic and transport model with user-oriented DSS. The aim of MOSCA project was to improve freight distribution in European towns and cities by dealing with problems such as booking and reservation procedures, vehicle routing, loading and unloading. The consortium developed software tools that enabled transport operators to improve the efficiency of their door-to-door delivery services. Project partners adopted a collaborative approach to solve the problem of urban freight distribution, providing both demand and supply side information in a single system. Components of the supply system included dynamic road network models to predict arrival times. On the demand side, it was formed by companies that produce and transport the goods. State-of-the-art technology was used by MOSCA project to help meet customers' needs while the wider community have benefited from putting an end to traffic-clogged streets. The result was a better place to live with less air pollution and a quieter, safer urban environment, thereby improving the citizen's quality of life.